Burden of pulmonary tuberculosis among tribal population: A cross-sectional study in tribal areas of Maharashtra, India

• Main Authors: Anil J Purty (Author), Amit Kumar Mishra (Author), Ramesh Chand Chauhan (Author), Rajendran Prahankumar (Author), Prabakaran Stalin (Author), Joy Bazroy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: It is very important to identify and treat infectious pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients at the earliest to save the life of the patients and to prevent the transmission of infectious agent to others. As per Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report 2017, an estimated 28 lakh new TB cases occur...